as in connects
to fit (two or more things) together securely
She interlocked her fingers with his.
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The main level of the home includes a lakeside primary suite, open gathering spaces and a chef’s kitchen that connects to outdoor living areas, its listing shows.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 May 2026 -
The open floor plan connects the living, dining, and kitchen areas, with large windows that provide abundant natural light and access to the backyard for indoor-outdoor living.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
9 May 2026
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Research increasingly links hands-on hobbies to better mental health, sharper memory and lower stress, giving the trend real weight beyond aesthetics.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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This inciting incident gradually links together other dark threads in the building, including a gambling addict attempting to hide a corpse and a woman living alone who is the victim of an assault.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 May 2026
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Set in the late 1980s, the film follows 13-year-old Felice (an exceptional Tiziano Menichelli), a budding tennis star whose overbearing father hooks him up with Raul Getti (Favino), a flameout former pro with a new lithium prescription and a serious ladies-man streak.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Mark Lanier, a lawyer for the plaintiff, questioned Mosseri on Wednesday about whether Instagram chooses profits over the health and safety of minors and whether Mosseri oversees an app that hooks younger users.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Kitana joins our heroes, secretly undermining her adoptive demon father Shao Kahn.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
6 May 2026
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Gosling’s Holland March reluctantly joins with Crowe’s Jackson Healy, an enforcer, on a missing girl case.—
Jake Coyle,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Now 76, her approach to travel combines practicality with personal comfort.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
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Inside, the formula combines four forms of vitamin C—ascorbyl glucoside, ascorbic acid, 3-O-ethyl ascorbic acid, and sodium ascorbyl phosphate—for a more layered, stable approach to brightening and antioxidant protection.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
9 May 2026
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The architecture integrates with Veza—whose patented access graph maps over 30 billion permissions across human, machine, and AI identities—and Armis, which extends visibility to OT, IoT, medical devices, and critical infrastructure.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Its latest model, SenseNova U1, integrates language and vision processing into a single system, improving speed and efficiency by removing the need to translate different modes.—
Elaine Yu,
CNBC,
6 May 2026
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The rebranding dovetails with the ongoing $220 million redesign of the Hall of Fame.—
Susannah Bryan,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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The rebranding dovetails with the ongoing $220 million redesign of the Hall of Fame.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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The menu fuses classic techniques with Caribbean and Keys spices and flavors.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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The system, which fuses data from smartphones, security and traffic cameras, Wi-Fi signals, drones, government databases and social media, has granted Israel what seems an almost omniscient ability to track Hezbollah cadres’ every movement.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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“Interlocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlocks. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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